Osceola Commission candidate fired after refusing to quit campaign

Viviana Janer is a Democratic nominee campaigning for a seat on the Osceola County Commission. She's also newly jobless.

Her longtime employer, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, fired her after giving her an ultimatum: Quit the campaign or lose your job.

Janer, a Democrat and first-time candidate for office, won the Aug. 26 Democratic primary for District 2 with 79 percent of the vote. She will face incumbent Republican Commissioner John Quiñones in the general election on Nov. 4.
Viviana Janer candidate Osceola County Commission District 2
Meet Viviana Janer candidate Osceola County Commission District 2.

But the time-share company where she had worked for 11 years dismissed her Friday, saying her candidacy and possible service on the commission created a conflict of interest. Janer was given the choice of leaving the campaign or resigning. She declined to do either and was fired.

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